William Johnston Dawson

William Johnston Dawson (1765-16 January 1796) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-NC 8) from 1793 to 1795, preceding Dempsey Burges.

Biography
William Johnston Dawson was born in Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina in 1765, the grandson of Governor Gabriel Johnston. He attended the 1788-1789 state constitutional conventions and served in the House of Commons in 1791 and in the US House of Representatives from 1791 to 1795, dying a year later.